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breeding habits of nearly all the fishes here are mys- 

 terious. I have never seen an albacore under ten 

 pounds weight; hence the young do not come here — 

 they go to some other region, not returning until 

 large. All the long-finned tunas taken here range 

 practically about the same size — from seventeen to 

 twenty-seven pounds; large ones come up to thirty 

 and forty. I have seen a sixty-three-pounder taken, 

 and Vincente Moriche tells me that he has seen them 

 in the San Clemente Channel weighing one hundred 

 pounds. 

 The Tuna Club rod and reel records are as follows: 



Largest Albacore (Thunnus alalonga) 



Pounds 



Chas. W. Miller, Denver, Col., season 1901 30 



Ernest Fallon, Los Angeles, Cal., season 1902 35 



John Van Leiw, Los Angeles, Cal., season 1903 38 



Stewart Ingram, Los Angeles, Cal., season 1904 46 



I. C. Pillster, Denver, Col., season 1905 48 



Gustave J. Frickman, N. Y. City, season 1906 385 



A. B. Cass, Los Angeles, Cal., season 1907 413 



C. R. Sturdevant, Pasadena, Cal., season 1908 43! 



J. W. Mclntyre, Catlin, 111., year 1908 65 lbs., 3. oz. 



S. A. Guy, Shreveport, La., season 1909 435 



